Main entry: sounding
Definition: the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
Main entry: sounding
Definition: a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
Main entry: sounding
Definition: making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form
Usage: harsh-sounding
Main entry: sounding
Definition: having volume or deepness
Usage: sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal; the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion- Wordsworth
Definition: appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
Usage: left their clothes dirty looking; a most disagreeable looking character; angry-looking; liquid-looking; severe-looking policemen on noble horses; fine-sounding phrases; taken in by high-sounding talk